After all, that's why we read historical fiction-to be transported to another time, and to be astonished at ancient people's lives and traditions, just as they would probably be astonished at ours.

I always thought the purpose of time was to move forward, not backward.

I'm not staring. I'm observing. . . . And what do you observe? . . . A brave young woman who has always fought for what was right, even when it was unpopular.

Things change, and not always for the better.

There are natural and imprescriptible rights which an entire nation has no right to violate. —MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE

I don't think unhappiness is fated.

there is nothing to fear but fear itself yet even then fear shouldn't be feared because fear cannot take what is protected by change